Business Management Teaching-Learning Processes in Times of Pandemic: Flipped Classroom at A Distance

Julen Izagirre-Olaizola and Jon Morandeira-Arca
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Julen Izagirre-Olaizola: Department of Financial Economics II, Faculty of Economics and Business (Gipuzkoa), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20018 Donostia, Basque Country, Spain
Jon Morandeira-Arca: Department of Financial Economics II, Faculty of Economics and Business (Gipuzkoa), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20018 Donostia, Basque Country, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 23, 1-17

Abstract: The main objective of this study is to present a teaching-learning experience carried out before the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic and to analyze its usefulness in times of social and academic restrictions, as well as its fit into an online teaching format. In recent years, much research has been done on the development and application of new teaching methodologies, but the current health emergency situation means that it is necessary to assess how these methodologies are useful in a context of social distancing. Managing teaching-learning processes following the closure of educational centers due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19 presents a significant challenge, not just in Business Management, but across all subjects. In the context of a pandemic, active methodologies take on greater importance as a way of adapting to new, socially distanced educational needs. This article presents a study carried out among students of Business Management at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). The study focuses on the context of the flipped classroom methodology, with students being asked to rate the effectiveness of this methodology, before and after the pandemic. Following the appearance of the pandemic, opinions have been strengthened in favor of the inverted classroom methodology, which is shown to be a powerful methodological alternative compatible with online teaching. Educational authorities must strengthen the technological tools as well as the teacher skills needed to develop capacities related to the rapid response to current and future teaching challenges.

Keywords: COVID-19; flipped classroom; active methodologies; university students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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